Today I experimented with inserts to try and tame the 3khz and 8khz peaks in the Pro4AA. Also for added comfort.
Just a 2-ply paper towel. I didnāt really notice much difference. Maybe 3khz was a bit better, but the 8khz peak persisted at full volume. Music I though sounded less shouty, but still very honky in timbre. At least they are much more comfortable than the mesh that the Pro4AA has - the weave is very open and feels like a cheese grater pressing on my ears. The biggest problem for comfort is not the clamp, but this f***ing mesh. See last pic for someā¦ehā¦ gore.
Now I tried adding foam from my M40x to see if that does anything. Yes. 3khz was very much tamedā¦ but not the 8khz spike. Worse yet, the frequency response just sounds off for music. Vocals, for example, are no longer honky, but they lack presence and air. In fact, mids sound recess for some reason. The tonality is no longer bright and shouty but very very dark yetā¦ still sibilant every now and then. IMO much worse than stock.
In conclusion for now, I think I will keep the paper towels till they disintigrate. They do improve comfort hundred-fold: fit is very snug and clampy, but much easier to bear with for long periods of time since the Pro4AAs no longer cut against my ears. I want to try some more durable material later on, but I donāt think Iāll intentionally pursue sound modification. I can well tolerate the prominent peaks.
As promised, what the stock meshing does to my ears after 2hrs of use:
Somehow i feel that little bit of treble taming would be easier to do with little EQ tweaks than added toilet paper. Cause anything physical added, effects full range imo.
Comfort is always my priority but if headphones causes red markingsā¦ maybe they just are shit and should be changed from start?
Obviously EQ is the easier way to do it, but itās also not as fun imo. Itās like saying why go through the trouble of playing around with a 70s Challenger when a 2020 one is so much better.
Iām not pursuing outright performance with the Pro4AA, but itās has been surprisingly good with acoustic music. I normally hate closed-backs but I legitimately started to enjoy stuff like Jazz and Rock since Monday.
Comfortā¦ I canāt argue with that, but I did get used to it. Since it no longer destroys my ears I can put several hours on these (with some neck stretching every now and then) easily. These obviously will turn away a lot of people, but Iām having a lot of fun with it. Crazy as it sounds, Iām more satisfied with this sonically than my M40x. I find the AT to be too hyped in the treble overall.
Well I am about to do things this week in one word, Cardio. Yes I do workout and I am not just someone who is all day busy with his works, doing all of the chores or just plain slacking while having his health deteriorated slowly but surely due to his tendencies of slacking. I was like that back then and nowadays I have been trying to keep my body healthy and fit as much as I can for it was a bad state of my life getting all fat back then.
I did weights last week and now itās time to do cardio, for I think your heartās health should not be neglected at all just because you want bigger muscles or something.
uh lol no, I am no bodybuilder but I guess I will take that as a compliment. I mean I have never seen myself to a buff scale for I am more of a guy who has like a decent shape.
I work out as well but not to the ridiculous degreeā¦ just a mix of like 3 days cardio 3 days moderate weight lifting a week with a days rest less I am too tired of which two days rest. though as for me todayā¦ I laid around all friggin day and relaxed as the week so far has been quite stressful so I need to take a minute to dial back
As long as you are healthy and overall satisfied with the body that you got, then just be consistent with it. No need to go all desperate measures where you need to get 5% body fat and big, for that ideal body in a realistic sense is not really that sustainable.
Bought puppy stuff, named new puppy Luna, Dark purple collar, food, etc. All thatās left is to pick her up when sheās ready in a little over a week
Looking at houses that are deep in neighborhoods, and currently living in a house that is a block from a main road and you can hear the parkway a mile upā¦
I didnt know silence and how noisy my house really was. Much more peaceful.
the Olympia is a week and a half away so you should be just about ready? 
